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FENCE POST.

Patented Sept. 7, 188.6.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB M. VALK, OF OSABURG, AND OALEB R. FOSTER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID FOSTER ASSIGNOR TO SAID VALK.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.348,874, dated September 7, 1886.

Application tiled May 1T, iBSG. Serial No. 202,431. (No model.)

.T0 all whom it 771/5113/ concern.'

Be it known that we, J Acois M. 'WALK and CELEB R. Fos'rER, both citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, in the village 5 of Osnaburg, county of Stark, and State ot' Ohio, and in the city of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence- Posts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in feuceposts; and it consists in the combination ot' parts, as described, and set forth in the claims.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts' in all of the figures of the drawings.

Figure l is an elevation ofasection of fence showing one forni of applying our invention in the construction of a fence. Fig. 2 is Van isometrical view of one 'form of the post hav ing an enlarged base,and showing the manner of connecting the sections by the fence-supporting strips. Fig. 3 is same view showing the post constructed of similar sections, excepting that the lower section is perforated in cross-section and a pin of wood or other material is placed therein. In this view is also shown the strips by which the sections are held together, and that also support the wire or board work of the fence.

A represents a sect-ion of burnt-clay pipe, having wings a projected from two sides and on opposite sides of a line drawn across the post from x to as. The said sections of pipe may be formed in the usual tile-lnaehines used in the manufacture of ordinary drain-tile by having the mold adapted to form the projected Wing a. The pipe may be of any Adesirable size, preferably about three and onev half inches in diameter, and the shell about fiveeighths of an inch thick. rlhewings are about three-fourths of 'an inch thick and projected about one and one-fourth inch. The perforations b may be about one-fourth of an inch in diameter, and should be made while the clay is soft. Any of the usual and approved gig-plates and jierforatingpins may be used, by which a uniformity of perforations may be obtained. In order to secure the required amount of strength, great care should be taken in the'selection and perforation of the clay to be used for this purpose.

The strips d may be of any kind of wood, preferably of ahard and durable kind, which is better adapted to hold the nails or staples by which the board` work or wire structure is supported, and about one by one and one-fourth inch, and of the necessary length to bind the sections together, and may be secured to the wings a by clinclrnails or bolts.

Section C may be described as section A, with this addition only. At one end the shell is perforated, as shown at letterf, and a crosspin, g, of wood or iron, isplaced'therein to prevent frost raising thepost outof the ground.

The two sections A and C are held together by the strips d d, which may be secured to the projected wingsaa, as shown in Fig. 2.

The lower or bot-tom section, B, (shown in Fig. 2) is provided with projecting wings a', extending over a portion of its length, and the bottom is provided with an annular projected fiange, o, as shown, for the purpose of holding the post in the ground.

The difficulties and, expense incurred in all attempts to make a terra-cotta .fence-post of one continuous section fhave been such as to render the short sectionalpost the only practical one, and with the provisions herein made and mentioned for uniting them a desirable result has been reached and the initial cost greatly reduced.

Having thus fully described and shown the nature and object of our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. A terracotta fencespost composed of a lower or ground section, B, provided with a projected. annular lange, o, on its lower end and CALEB R. FOSTER, have hereunto set our and projecting longitudinal Wings a 011 the hands.

upper end, as described, and an upper sec- JACOB M. VALK.

tion having longitudinal wings a projected CALEB R. FOSTER. 5 from each side and the Strips d as shown and y A described, and7 for the purposeset forth. Kw1-messes as to Jacob M' XVH" NV. K. MILLER,

2. A fence-post consisting of aseries of ter- CH s R MTU FR ra-eotta sections, each having wings van a', and

the wooden strips secured to said wings, .'sub-Y Nitnesses as to Caleb R. Foster: Io stantially as set forth. Jos. J. PTAK,

In testimony whereof we, .Licor M. WALK JOHN DENMAN. 

